It really surprised us to find out that, right here in our own backyard, we have what we believe to be one of the most innovative supplement companies out there today. livethesource brand nutritional supplements is turning the direct sales industry on its ear.

Ted Farnsworth's vision for livethesource comes from his mission of People Helping People. Although his first quest was to create top of the line vitamin supplement products that were easily absorbed by the body, the driving force for livethesource business model is a unique Inline Marketing™ program that can help people achieve financial independence in an economy where jobs have been disappearing.

It's a new breed of direct sales. The critical difference is that independent entrepreneurs share in profits from sales of product sold through all channels including retail and internet, not just from their own individual sales. This is a complete break from traditional network marketing and something that will disrupt the industry. Said Farnsworth, "Our philosophy is to improve the traditional model and thereby improve the lives of everyone who comes to livethesource. The feedback has been outstanding. We know we're on to something really big."

Which brings us to the discussion of something really small...

Their first secret to success is their unique nanotechnology. You may as well not bother taking supplements if your supplement doesn't have a first-class delivery system. "Nano means one billionth in terms of measurement," says Farnsworth, "so imagine an ant compared to an elephant." Reducing the vitamins and herbs to their smallest essential size provides a more pure and potent system of delivery for nutrients to target tissues and organs.

Which brings us to the story of how livethesource came to be. Farnsworth developed a passionate interest in discovering the best nutritional supplements partly out of necessity for his own health needs. Weighing in at over 300 pounds at one point in his life, he underwent successful gastric bypass surgery and shed 140 pounds. As with all gastric bypass patients, he has a reduced capacity to consume quantities of food, as well as a decreased ability to digest and absorb certain nutrients, which creates an essential requirement to take vitamin and mineral supplements post surgery.

"Five years of trying every vitamin available made me think that I could create a better product," says Farnsworth. The results were so successful that Dr. Bob Arnot, who has served as chief medical correspondent for "NBC's Dateline" and "The Today Show" has become livethesource's Chief Educator and Wellness Officer.

In addition to the daily multivitamin, mineral and herbal supplement and a high-potency liquid vitamin D3, livethesource has developed a new weight loss product call The Symbiotic Diet™ . Revolutionary in its formulation, it's a tablet that, when dissolved, goes to work using a nano delivery system. It was formulated by nutritional biochemist Bill Downs and based upon research by Dr. Kenneth Blum, who discovered the alcoholism gene ten years before the discoveries made in the Human Genome Project. livethesource calls the product the first breakthrough in natural sustainable weight loss. "It reduces cravings for sugar and other substances as well as boosting brain function," says Farnsworth.